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help please

22 10:30:04

Question
hello, my rabbit had 2 babies 7 weeks ago,and today shes just had 8 babies. shall i remove the older ones so that she can cope. also when she had the first babies if you went near the nest she would follow you but shes not doing this with the second ones. please help

Answer
Hello Kate !
Well the first litter was born 7 weeks ago they should be ready to be weanen anyway this should be done  at 6-7 weeks any way.
The answer is yes they should be removed ASAP.
check the new borns and see if all are ok if so then just do the same thing you did before. My question is did you re-breed her or did one of her litter do the breeding? If so you need to seperate the new babies at 6 weeks.
Good luck...
Dan